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More proof, if proof were needed, that Android won the smartphone OS wars: Nokia, the former world No.1 smartphone maker and, nowadays, the primary OEM for Microsoft’s third-placed Windows Phone platform has just announced a new family of smartphones built upon the Android Open Source Project — confirming a slew of earlier rumours that Nokia was cooking up an Android device strategy.… Read More

The Windows Phone platform from Microsoft has had its biggest “fan” in the form of Nokia, once a heavyweight in the world of mobile phones before smartphones made featurephones irrelevant. Having said that, the likes of Samsung and HTC have churned out Windows Phone-powered smartphones in the past that can be counted on just the fingers that are on one hand, preferring instead to concentrate on the Android-powered platform by Google instead. Well, while Microsoft has announced earlier today that LG happens to be one of the hardware developers for the Windows Phone platform, it seems as though LG has not yet made any concrete plans to churn out handsets which will run on Windows Phone.

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LG Does Not Do Windows Phone…Yet original content from Ubergizmo.

At the moment we guess it has become obvious by now that Nokia pretty much dominates the Windows Phone market. That is because apart from Nokia’s Asha lineup, they have pretty much put all of their proverbial eggs into Microsoft’s basket, so they have no choice but to make their Windows Phone products as attractive and appealing as possible. This is compared to other Windows Phone manufacturers who haven’t been as aggressive as Nokia when it comes to marketing their Windows Phone handsets. That being said, if you’re sick of Nokia dominating the Windows Phone market, you might be pleased to learn that Microsoft has recently added new Windows Phone partners to the mix.

In a recent post by Microsoft, it has been revealed that the new Windows Phone OEM partners include companies like Foxconn, Gionee, JSR, Karbonn, Lava, Lenovo, LG, Longcheer, and ZTE. It’s interesting why Microsoft has listed LG and ZTE as both companies have attempted Windows Phone products in the past, but perhaps they have decided to renew their interest and efforts, who knows? It is also expected that Microsoft’s new partners will supplement their current partners which they have listed as HTC, Samsung, and Huawei (no Nokia presumably because Nokia will be folded in Microsoft post-acquisition). Unfortunately apart from announcing the new partners, Microsoft did not mention anything else about them, such as what sort of products we might be able to expect from them, when we might be able to expect them, and so on, but hopefully we will be able to look forward to something great in the near future.

Microsoft Announces New Windows Phone OEM Partners original content from Ubergizmo.

Over the past few years Nokia has become synonymous with Windows Phone smartphones, it is Microsoft’s largest WP OEM that has played a major part in driving growth for Redmond’s mobile operating system. The company’s devices and services division is now set to be acquired by Microsoft for $7.17 billion, though that deal hasn’t been closed just yet. As it continues to function independently for now, there have been many rumors recently about Nokia launching an Android phone. When asked how Microsoft felt about that, Windows Phone VP Joe Belfiore said “Some things we’re excited about, some things we’re less excited about.”

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Microsoft ‘Less Excited’ About Nokia’s Android Ambitions original content from Ubergizmo.

This week Microsoft’s miniature press conference at Mobile World Congress 2014 had Joe Belfiore speaking up about a variety of topics, not least of all changes in requirements for Windows … Continue reading